Parent Revolt Blocks New Superschool; Third of Councils Have Plans for Mergers
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PARENT power yesterday blocked plans for a super-school campus with 1500 pupils, as a poll by The Herald revealed more than a third of local authorities proposing to merge schools in public private partnership schemes.
The victory for parents in Renfrewshire came as councillors in another local authority prepare to vote tonight on a (pounds) 100m PPP scheme which would include a 1200-pupil joint campus.See the full content of this document
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Parent Revolt Blocks New Superschool; Third of Councils Have Plans for Mergers
The Herald poll found that as many as 16 schools in one area, North Lanarkshire, could close through the mergers, though replacements would leave a net reduction of about seven.
The Scottish Executive, which has awarded (pounds) 2.2bn to 28 councils with PPP strings attached, insists ...See the full content of this document
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